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Gilbert Keith Chesterton
29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936 / London, England
The Skeleton
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Chattering finch and water-fly
Are not merrier than I;
Here among the flowers I lie
Laughing everlastingly.
No; I may not tell the best;
Surely, friends, I might have guessed
Death was but the good King's jest,
It was hid so carefully.
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